Press Release – New Study Finds Local Roads Crisis in Southeast Wisconsin

Ahead of Budget Hearing, Coalition Calls for Local Road Fixes, Not Wasteful I-94 Expansion. A new study by 1000 Friends of Wisconsin and released today in Milwaukee by the Coalition for More Responsible Transportation finds local roads in Southeast Wisconsin in dismal shape.

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Inadequate Alternative Development

WisDOT has failed to keep up to its own goals when it fails to seriously consider a transit alternative by saying it is out of its jurisdiction. Their long-range transportation plan states “The department will seek to streamline and consolidate complex and disjointed funding and operating structures. In addition to more efficient operations, improved coordination will support more transit options for the public, improve access to jobs, and expand the area accessible by transit (including areas on the urban fringe)”.

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Lack of Cost Benefit Analyses and Disregard for Economic Costs

WisDOT does not take into account the huge maintenance and rehabilitation costs the expanded I-94 highway will require. In addition, there is no clear understanding of the economic benefits the expansion will provide due to a lack of cost-benefit analyses. The total capital cost of expanding this 3.5-mile stretch of highway is greater than the entire annual roadway maintenance and rehabilitation cost for every single highway and road in Wisconsin.

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